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I have been experimenting with a Web 2.0 site called Facebook. So far, my adventure into Facebook has been positive and the potential for Facebook Marketing is huge. Especially with the help of some very specific Facebook Addons.

Before I begin my review, I do want to place one important caveat to Facebook Marketers. Facebook is Fun… so watch out Marketers and don’t get caught up and lose all of your time in there. It was hard for me to resist adding the “Texas Hold ‘Em” app… but I knew if I did that, I would never get any work done!

Another way that Facebook is perhaps “too fun” for marketers is that it is quite interactive.  Especially if you have a fun bunch of folks to connect with… which the 30DC members are.  Here again, I have to watch myself and make sure that I am not “playing on facebook” instead of “working on facebook”.

So, “Facebook is Fun” caveat completed… here are my initial impressions.

Facebook has some really great web 2.0 and marketing apps I have discovered that you might find interesting.

Using the Stumbleupon app, you can quickly increase your StumbleUpon contacts as well as the power of your stumbleupon linking actions.

Using Twitter app you can easily add more content to your facebook profile as you are twittering and adding content to your blogs. Your facebook profile is notified every time you post a new blogpost via twitter.

Using the Magnolia app also increases the impact of your Magnolia bookmarks.

The Trend Hunter app is very interesting for niche market ideas.

Now, just to be honest with you, I have only been on Facebook for a few days. Here are some of the actions I have taken so far on Facebook:

• I have created a group for my 30DC team
• I have added several Facebook Addons – Superwall, Funwall, My Questions, Twitter, StumbleUpon, SuperPoke, Superlatives, Trend Hunter, Group Officer, Top Friends, Magnolia Bookmarks
• I have joined several Facebook Groups – Thirty Day Challenge, Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs, Web 2.0 Tips and Hints, SuperSize Your Socializing, Web 3.0, Buzz Marketing, Internet Marketing,
• I have created several friendships and have added to my stumbleupon contacts, my twitter followers, and have even thrown a sheep or two.

Here are my overall Facebook Marketing First Impressions:

• Facebook seems entirely too focused on “education” and “location” for it’s initial networks. Still, it is very easy to connect with others and to create a community with Facebook but I would like to “thumbs down” the emphasis on my high school and college and where I live.
• Facebook easily plays well with other Web 2.0 apps I am using like StumbleUpon, Magnolia, and Twitter.
• Facebook plays well with Video including YouTube Videos.
• Facebook is very connected with “Slide” and other Web 2.0 apps.

I am able to see what my friends are doing on Facebook. What Facebook groups they join, what Facebook addons they choose, when they interact with another person. By doing so, I am really to meet new people, discover new facebook addons as well as new groups, and I am able to increase my ability to connect with my current associations.

I am enjoying Facebook more than any of the Social Networking sites I am a member of currently. I enjoy it FAR MORE than MySpace. I don’t know how much of the fact that I am getting a kick out of Facebook is due to the thirty day challenge more than Facebook itself.

I will be keeping active in Facebook for much longer though and keep you updated as my Facebook Marketing experience evolves.